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Aretha Franklin Has Died Aged 76

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03:17 16 Aug 2018


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Aretha Franklin has died aged 76.

The Queen of Soul passed away in her Detroit home today.  

No details of her death have been released however, Aretha was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. 

She announced her retirement from music last year. Her last performance came in November at a gala in New York for the Elton John Aids Foundation.

Throughout her career, Aretha Franklin had 112 charted singles, won 18 Grammy Awards and sold over 75 million records. 

She reduced President Obama to tears in 2015 during this performance of 'A Natural Woman' at the Kennedy Center Honours ceremony.


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